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Old 03-16-2012, 09:51 AM
PeterPanPan PeterPanPan is offline
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Originally Posted by archer11 View Post

if you call the western flank of the Cumbre Vieja with an approximated mass of 5 x 10^14 kg "chunk"...

After some calculations geologists say it could happen eventually in the next 10^6 years. So not too much to worry about, I guess.
no, that's what I call a megachunk! I stand corrected
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